Management consulting, provision of management services, consulting and support in asset and financial matters, wholesale and retail trade in goods of all kinds, as well as registration, administration and sale of license or patent rights; may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate, establish branches, participate in other companies, conduct financing transactions and also provide security for the obligations of its shareholders and affiliated companies, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments and indemnification agreements.