The company's purpose is to provide strategic consulting services to business clients in Switzerland and abroad regarding mergers and acquisitions, compliance, legal matters and disputes, competition law, the establishment of new business areas, as well as the engagement and control of legal advisors or other experts. The company may also conduct any other business that appears necessary or suitable to achieve its purpose, acquire and dispose of real estate, and establish and participate directly or indirectly in other companies with a similar or related purpose in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent company, as well as to their direct or indirect subsidiaries or third parties, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.