The company's purpose is to engage in international investment activities, engineering and consulting services, representation, brokerage and agency activities, as well as the representation of companies active in these areas and all technical, administrative, coordinating and organizational services related to engineering. The company may establish subsidiaries and/or branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, take over representations, conduct all business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose, or that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose and its mandate. The company may conclude loan agreements for its own account and for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and pledge rights for affiliated companies or third parties. The company may acquire, use, rent, encumber and sell real estate 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.