Global Goods, Local Laws: Corporate Logistics, Legal Frictions, and the Challenges of Global Supply Chains

This session explores the growing legal and logistical friction generated by modern, interconnected global supply chains. While corporate logistics aims for seamless, cost-effective movement of goods across borders—treating the globe as a single operational space—the reality is that this efficiency collides with a patchwork of divergent national regulations, shifting trade policies, and escalating geopolitical tensions.

The session will demonstrate that global supply chain resilience is no longer purely an operational or financial challenge, but fundamentally a legal risk management problem. We will discuss how in-house counsels advise their corporations to move beyond reactive compliance and adopt proactive, integrated governance models that bridge the gap between their globalized logistical networks and the local legal landscapes they traverse.