The company's purpose is to provide commercial consulting services and other organizational, administrative, economic, financial, technical and legal services; the scientific, economic and industrial exploitation of intellectual and industrial property rights, such as patents, patent rights and trademark rights, as well as the acquisition and granting of licenses for these rights. It also aims to provide services for the development, utilization and adaptation of computer systems and programs, to provide legal services in Switzerland and abroad by Swiss-registered lawyers holding a Swiss patent or an equivalent foreign certificate of eligibility, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Act on the Free Movement of Lawyers, including the representation of clients in judicial, arbitral and administrative proceedings. It may also acquire any form of participation in other companies and companies with a similar social purpose. The company may open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all operations directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, charge, alienate and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also grant loans on its own account or on behalf of third parties and provide guarantees to third parties.