Acquisition, management and disposal of participations in companies of any kind at home and abroad; the company may enter into commission transactions of all kinds, take over and grant representations, acquire, exploit and dispose of patents, licenses, concessions, trademarks and similar rights, acquire, encumber, dispose of and manage real estate, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.