Christopher Torikoglu
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Christopher Torikoglu

Associate

Email

Christopher.Torikoglu@aoshearman.com

Phone

+212 848 8196

Offices

New York

V-CARD
Christopher advises clients on the taxation of various types of domestic and international transactions.
He focuses on the tax aspects of fund investments, renewable energy projects, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets offerings and securitizations.

Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • IBM on USD4.75 billion and EUR3.5 billion bond offerings
  • Bell Canada’s USD2.25 billion hybrid notes offering.
  • Bell Canada’s abbreviated cash tender offers of USD844.4 million.
  • A diversified midstream energy company’s USD421 million follow-on equity offering.
  • Midstream’s USD650 million senior secured notes offering and amendment to revolving credit facility.
  • Champion Iron Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Champion Iron Limited, in connection with its upsized offering of USD500 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% senior notes due 2032.

Pro bono

  • Advising on substantial presence and residency considerations for certain taxpayers.
  • Advising on 501(c)(3) taxation issues.

Published Work

  • Christopher Torikoglu, 2024, “Personal Jurisdiction Has (kind of) Been Keeping up with the Kardashians,” Arizona Law Journal of Emerging Technologies: Volume 7, Article 6.

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-law, State of New York, US, 2025

Academic

JD, cum laude, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 2024

  • Editor-in-Chief of Arizona Law Journal of Emerging Technologies

BSc with Honors, Biology, York University, 2017

Languages

English, Armenian, Turkish
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.