The company aims to provide consulting services of all kinds, particularly in the area of corporate transactions such as mergers of companies and corporate sales and purchases as well as special forms such as takeover bids, business transfers, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, carve-outs, or corporate cooperations or other external transactions as well as all services in the spin-off of organizational units from existing structures, for example in a spin-off, as well as the trade in goods of all kinds. The company may, furthermore, conduct all commercial, financial and other transactions that are determined and suitable to promote or facilitate the development of the company and the achievement of the company's purpose. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries at home and abroad and participate in other companies at home and abroad. The company may acquire, hold and dispose of intellectual property rights. The company may also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities which are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company may grant direct or indirect financings to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, either by way of loans and/or other financings. The company may provide securities of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including by way of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by way of compensation obligations, whether for consideration or not, even if such financings, securities or guarantees are in the sole interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.