The purpose of the company is to provide services in the fiduciary sector (such as Fiduciary Services, accounting, payroll administration, and outsourcing in accounting) and consulting services, in particular in the fields of asset management (excluding active portfolio management), legal, tax, and real estate consulting. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, participate in other companies, assume representations, and engage in any business activity and conclude contracts of any kind that may be conducive to the company's purpose or that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, and sell real estate, both domestically and abroad. Excluded are transactions that are prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company is part of a group and may, in pursuing its corporate purpose, consider the interests of the shareholders as well as the group. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financings to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, within the framework of cash pooling agreements (including zero balancing), and provide securities of any kind for the liabilities of these parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This may also be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the profit-seeking nature of the company and/or by incurring clustering risks.