to provide all advice in the legal, banking and financial fields, in particular in matters of financial investment, organization, management and supervision of private and institutional assets, as well as banking strategy and asset management (excluding any activity subject to the LBA or a specific Swiss financial market regulation (in particular the LSFin)). The company conducts its business in accordance with the group's objectives as far as possible. Consequently, the company may, in the interest of the group companies or one of them (including group companies that hold it, directly or indirectly, as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries), conclude contracts and, in particular, grant loans or other forms of financing to these group companies and provide all kinds of securities for their obligations, including through pledges, transfers or assignments for security purposes of the company's assets or through guarantees of any kind, whether onerous or not. The company may create branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire, hold, sell or finance companies of any kind. It may engage in all commercial activities directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. It may take all measures likely to promote the purpose of the company or related to it.