Participation in real estate projects and real estate companies; acquisition, sale and permanent holding and management of participations in any form in other companies as well as other investment of capital; trade in patents, trademarks and licenses, holding and managing them; acquisition, encumbrance, sale and management of real estate; entering into transactions, providing services and concluding contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it; granting loans or other financing to affiliated companies; providing security of any kind for the liabilities of these companies, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments and indemnification agreements.