〜にあって（は）

Meaning

Means "being placed in that special situation, setting, or era." A stiff, written-style expression highlighting the setting, "precisely because it is such a situation."

Examples

非常時にあっては、冷静な判断が何より求められる。 In times of emergency, calm judgment is needed above all.
厳しい経済状況にあって、彼の会社は成長を続けている。 Even in harsh economic conditions, his company continues to grow.
その重責ある立場にあって、彼は常に謙虚であった。 In that position of great responsibility, he was always humble.