The company's purpose is to provide consulting services of all kinds, in particular in connection with transactions in the corporate sector such as mergers of companies and sales and purchases of companies, as well as special forms such as takeover bids, business transfers, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, carve-outs or corporate cooperations or other external transactions, as well as all services related to the spin-off of organizational units from existing structures, for example in a spin-off, and the trade in goods of all kinds. Furthermore, the company may engage in all commercial, financial and other business activities that are intended and suitable to promote or facilitate the development of the company and the achievement of its purpose. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold and sell intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans and/or other financing. The company may provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including by way of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by way of offset obligations, whether for consideration or not, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.