The company's purpose is to provide advice on structuring or raising capital, as well as on mergers and acquisitions, and the acquisition or disposal of participations, and to provide services related to such advice, as well as other non-regulated advisory services. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as finance other companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly involved), including by way of pledges, fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets, or guarantees, sureties, or other forms of collateral. Furthermore, the company may engage in cash pooling with the aforementioned companies, including periodic account balancing. The company may perform all of these activities without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, without pursuing the company's profitability, and assuming cluster risks. The company may engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that appear to be suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are related thereto.