to establish, participate in, cooperate with, finance, take part in any other way, manage, administer, supervise the management, advise other companies and/or enterprises and/or provide services to other companies and/or enterprises; to lend and borrow money, raise funds and in general conclude financial transactions and related agreements, in particular in the interest of affiliated companies and other related parties; to provide security for the obligations of affiliated companies and other related parties; to acquire, hold and dispose of real estate, excluding any operation prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE); to exploit, purchase and sell patents, trademarks, licenses, know-how and other industrial and intellectual property rights; and to carry out any operation and conclude any contract directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purposes or likely to promote them.