any business consulting activity, in particular in the areas of development, balance sheet restructuring, acquisition transactions, fundraising, real estate transactions, negotiation assistance and allocation of financial resources; organizing seminars on these same topics; the company may also carry out all commercial, movable and financial transactions, in direct or indirect relation to its purpose, in any form whatsoever, in particular in the form of participations, excluding transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE), creating branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, granting loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as providing guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group, in particular in the form of loans, guarantees or other guarantees.