Macquarie Group Limited (ASX:MQG) entered into an agreement to acquire EUR 800-million aviation loan portfolio from HSH Nordbank AG on January 27, 2017. In a related transaction, Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited entered into an agreement to acquire €540 million real estate loans and undisclosed investors entered into an agreement to acquire €300 million loans from HSH Nordbank AG on January 27, 2017. The transaction is still subject to the approval by the oversight and cartel authorities and other conditions and is expected to be concluded in the second quarter of the year 2017. Macquarie Group Limited (ASX:MQG) acted as financial advisor for Macquarie Group Limited. Julian Fischer, Joachim Habetha, Tim Brandi, Martin Sura, Heiko Gemmel, Shalini Bhuchar, Jörg Herwig Daniel Flore, To Kathrin Aigner, Laura Crawford, Fabian Kling, Sebastian Faust, Marina Bride Soares, Gwen Edwards, Stephanie Saunders, Divya Selvaraj and Jonathan Maidwell of Hogan Lovells acted as legal advisors to Macquarie. Patrick Cichy, Alexander Glos, Torsten Schreier, Mirko Masek, Ralf HoffmanThomas Jörgens, Konrad Schott, Michael Josenhans, Alexander Schwahn, Andreas von Bonin, Agnieszka Chambellan Hohenstatt, Alexander Ruschkowski, Ralf Hoffman, Ulrich Heuschkel, Michael Braunschweig, Dmitry Alekseev, Jan Bochow, Mirko Masek, Heiko Jander-McAlister, Felix Scheder-Bieschin, Friedrich von der Heydt, Jacob Fontaine, Arne Krawinkel, Anne- Kathrin Hoppe, Bettina Stepanek, Max Alles, Juliane Jacobsen, Philipp Dohnke, Lutz Drallé, Elena Wasserbäch, Ulrich Heuschkel, Hannes Jacobi, Robert Kastl, Celine Zeng, Ayk Tobias Meretzki, Andy Laatsch, Benedikt Jasper, Ulrich Wilke, Aylin Guenay, Angela Husfeldt and Dennis Karaosman of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Germany) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Hamburg) acted as legal advisors to HSH Nordbank.