The purpose of the company is: providing services in the field of consulting and corporate management; administration and management of all companies; acquisition, alienation, management and administration of all real estate in Switzerland and abroad; acquisition, alienation, management and administration of participations in all industrial, commercial and financial companies; the company may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable operations, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. It may acquire, hold and alienate real estate and, in general, carry out any activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may also grant or request loans to its associates, subsidiaries or related parties and carry out all commercial, financial or other transactions directly or indirectly pursuing its purpose. It may notably create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or directly or indirectly related to it.