No company or transaction operates in isolation. In today’s world, politics and geopolitics increasingly shape commercial outcomes, often abruptly and unpredictably. For decades, global business relied on a basic level of trust in international institutions, alliances, and political norms to provide stability and predictability. Those assumptions are now under strain.

For the modern General Counsel, effective advice requires more than legal or commercial insight. It demands an understanding of how geopolitical uncertainty and the erosion of trust reshape risk, decision-making, and strategy in a global marketplace where trust has become a scarce and critical asset.