; (10) may lease office space for the Corporation’s own use, with the obligation of amounts for such lease limited to the current fiscal year for which payments are due until the expiration of the current lease under predecessor authority, as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; (11) may indemnify directors, officers, employees, and agents of the Corporation for liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with their activities on behalf of the Corporation; (12) notwithstanding any other provision of law, may represent itself or contract for representation in any legal or arbitral proceeding; (13) may exercise any priority of the Government of the United States in collecting debts from bankrupt, insolvent, or decedents’ estates; (14) may collect, notwithstanding section 3711(g)(1) of title 31, United States Code, or compromise any obligations assigned to or held by the Corporation, including any legal or equitable rights accruing to the Corporation; (15) may make arrangements with foreign governments (including agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions of such governments) or with multilateral organizations or institutions for sharing liabilities; (16) may sell direct investments of the Corporation to private investors upon such terms and conditions as the Corporation may determine