Carrying out business, commercial and technical consulting, organization, expertise, analysis and research and development work at home and abroad; taking over and assigning agencies and representations; exploiting procedures, patent, license or other rights; conducting trade and financial transactions, holding participations, managing own assets and exercising administrative and trust functions of all kinds. May establish branches and subsidiaries and participate in and hold participations in other companies. May acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate. May provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties and grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.