The company's purpose is to provide consulting and other services to corporate clients, with a focus on the areas of management consulting, strategy and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), in particular advising on and executing M&A transactions on both the buyer and seller sides, as well as developing concepts for external and organic corporate growth, such as joint ventures, investments, partnerships and operational strategies. The company is excluded from conducting actual banking business and asset management. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose or suitable to promote it. 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 grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.