Architecture, real estate, expertise, taxation, operation of an art trade and all other related operations; the company may acquire, administer, operate and transfer patents, know-how, as well as all trademarks and technical processes; it may create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or analogous purpose or merge with such companies, acquire or sell real estate, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or directly or indirectly related thereto.