The provision of management services to Boards of Directors, Foundation Boards and corporate management levels; it may temporarily perform project management and operational activities, as well as assume mandates in companies, enterprises and industry associations and other institutions, and purchase and sell goods and services, in particular in the construction sector. The company may also engage in lending, guarantee and surety activities, including mortgage guarantees, also in favor of third parties, excluding banking and insurance activities. The company may also acquire, sell, manage, receive and grant the use of technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in general, particularly in the aforementioned sectors. The company may also acquire, encumber, manage, administer and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with applicable regulations. The company may directly or indirectly acquire interests and participations in other industrial, commercial, financial and service companies or enterprises in Switzerland or abroad, in the sector related to the company's purpose or in other sectors, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations or of any other kind deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it.