Lakeside supports and promotes entrepreneurship and innovation in Switzerland and internationally. Lakeside participates in corporations and companies as a majority owner, minority owner or shareholder, and invests free funds in financial assets and the management of these assets. In addition, Lakeside provides group management services and group services for affiliated companies, as well as the provision of know-how, network and contacts, technology (in particular IT) and business processes. It can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It can acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate, copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds. It can provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.