The purpose of the company is to trade in and manage real estate and properties, provide all related services, provide trust and accounting services, and trade in securities and goods of all kinds. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, manage, encumber and sell properties, intellectual property rights, patents and licenses of all kinds, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.