The company's primary purpose is to provide consulting services in Switzerland and abroad, in particular strategic and operational business consulting and advising companies, private and public organizations, and in particular advising the board of directors and management on strategy, growth, monitoring and management of business operations, business processes, organization, policies, restructuring, mergers, product development, data processing and communication systems, as well as ad-hoc management services on a project basis, and the acquisition, sale, management and holding of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds. The company also aims to establish companies, acquire, manage, sell and exploit intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds, and to carry out all commercial and financial transactions that serve the aforementioned purpose, including financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as granting loans, guarantees, taking on sureties and providing other securities for affiliated companies, shareholders and third parties. The company may engage in financing transactions (including granting loans and guarantees to shareholders and affiliated companies) and take out loans, in particular from shareholders and affiliated companies, and may also provide securities for the obligations of its shareholders and affiliated companies, for consideration or free of charge, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers or security assignments, even if these are in their exclusive interest. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and may carry out all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.