The company's purpose is to take over and execute consulting mandates and services of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, in particular to advise companies, institutions and other organizations in the economy and administration on strategy, organization and business processes. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, 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. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate, participations, financial instruments, intellectual property rights and licenses in Switzerland and abroad. The company may conduct business with or for the benefit of related parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and other group companies, in particular grant loans to these persons or issue guarantees, warranties, pledges or other securities to secure their liabilities, in each case against payment or not, and even if these legal transactions are in the exclusive interest of the related parties. The company may engage in any further activity that is directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purposes.