Business consultation; providing business consultation to businesses seeking to create or expand a presence in U.S., developed, or emerging markets; business consultation services in the fields of corporate social responsibility and social impact; business consultation in the areas of international market access and business thought leadership; business management advice and business management services; providing business advice, consulting and research services relating to disposals, acquisitions, investments, and restructuring of companies and businesses; devising market-entry strategies for others; business strategic planning services; conducting targeted business research and feasibility studies in various countries, regions and industries; business analysis, namely, financial analysis for business purposes; market analysis and research; business appraisals, inquiries and investigations; economic forecasting and analysis; business assistance relating to the negotiation of commercial transactions and associated government approvals for others; project management services for others for business purposes in the fields of financial investment and business acquisition; monitoring economic, legal and political conditions in various countries for others for business purposes; assisting others in drafting business proposals; representing the interests of businesses before foreign and domestic governmental bodies in the nature of regulatory submission management, namely, assisting others in preparing and filing applications for business loans or grants with governmental regulatory bodies

Financial planning and investment advisory services; financial services, namely, financial analysis, financial risk analysis and management, corporate workout and debt restructuring, providing recapitalization for others, raising debt and equity capital for others, financial planning for businesses, and origination, development, deal structuring, execution and closing of investment transactions; financial investment advisory services, namely, providing advice to investors on complex strategic issues in U.S., developed, or emerging markets, providing financial advice in the field of mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, advising private and public sector issuers in the area of public and private international offerings of debt, equity, convertible and other equity-linked securities, providing advisory services to issuers accessing international capital markets, providing advisory support and counseling in structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing international offerings to issuers accessing the international financial markets, and providing financial management strategies and financial engineering; financial and investment research services; providing technical and financial reviews of potential investment targets; providing financial valuation and fairness opinions; financial consulting; consultancy concerning financing of energy projects; providing financial consultation to businesses seeking to create or expand a presence in U.S., developed, or emerging markets; providing financial consultation in the areas of international market access and financial thought leadership; investment fund management and administration