The company's purpose is to manage family wealth and assets, including the acquisition, holding, financing, and management of assets and investments of any kind in Switzerland and abroad, including participations, private equity investments, intellectual property rights, real estate, and all related measures and services. The company may establish subsidiaries and/or branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, assume representations, conduct all business, and enter into contracts that are suitable for promoting the company's purpose or that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose and its mandate. The company may enter into loan agreements for its own account and for the account of others, as well as provide guarantees and pledges for affiliated companies or third parties. The company may acquire, use, lease, encumber, and sell properties in Switzerland and abroad (in Switzerland excluding transactions subject to the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad). The company may acquire, hold, manage, and sell debt and equity securities of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad.