all consulting activities, as well as all investments and participations, in particular in non-listed companies; in Switzerland and abroad, it may establish branches, participate in other companies, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, carry out all commercial, financial, industrial, movable or immovable transactions for its own account or for third parties, except those prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE), and conclude all contracts intended to develop its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly, as well as represent all Swiss or foreign companies in direct or indirect relation to its main purpose.