The Company's purpose is to provide consulting services to businesses, particularly in the areas of finance, mergers and acquisitions, management, and strategy. The Company may acquire, hold, manage, and transfer domestic and foreign investments of any kind, except for investments in companies holding residential real estate in Switzerland. The Company may also open branches and establish subsidiaries both domestically and abroad. The Company may participate in group financing operations, including by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or to other companies in the group, or by providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their obligations to third parties, even if these loans or securities are exclusively in the interest of the Company's direct or indirect shareholders or other companies in the group or if they are provided free of charge. The Company may also engage in any transaction deemed appropriate to promote the Company's purpose or related thereto.