The company's purpose is to provide services related to the participation in and financing of domestic and foreign companies, in particular the provision of all types of investment advisory services and the brokerage of participations, as well as the consulting of companies in corporate management. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches, as well as participate in other companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financings to group companies and third parties, including its (direct and indirect) shareholders and their group companies, and provide securities of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.