All operations related to international projects in the field of civil engineering services, construction, consulting, planning and study, and procurement of materials in the field of railway construction and general infrastructure, maintenance and operation; the company may carry out any commercial and financial transaction, directly or indirectly related to its purpose; it may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; it may acquire, hold, manage and sell, directly or indirectly, real estate, excluding operations subject to the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE); the company may grant loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as provide any type of security, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets.