Aliya Haider is the founder of Chapter Advisory Services. She is a trusted partner and external General Counsel to a range of innovative companies and clients. Known for her clear judgment, direct communication, and wide-angle command of risk, she helps high-growth teams scale with confidence—building strategic, sound, and efficient legal architectures.

Aliya works with early-stage and scaling companies to build a solid foundation for growth, advising on commercial strategy, data and privacy, employment, product, board support, and complex regulatory navigation. She has led legal, compliance, and security functions from the ground up, negotiated multimillion-dollar commercial deals, overseen sensitive investigations, and guided executive teams through venture financings, rapid growth, and organizational exit.

Before starting Chapter, Aliya was General Counsel at a range of private companies, including Droit Technologies, Zeera (acquired by Hazel Health), Beacon Platform (acquired by Clearwater), Bombora, and LMRKTS (acquired by Capitolis).

Prior to being a private company GC, Aliya spent nearly a decade in global finance. At JPMorgan Chase she served in a range of roles including as Managing Counsel for the North American division of the Global Corporate Bank. At Guggenheim Partners, she worked in capital markets as Director and Head of Fixed Income Regulatory.

She began her career in Supreme Court litigation at the international law firm, Heller Ehrman, and then as a Justice Blackmun Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights.  

Committed to mentorship, Aliya has taught at Fordham Law and Cardozo Law and has published on reproductive justice, immigrant rights, and criminal law.  Deeply committed to youth advocacy and education, she serves on the Board of Friends of the Children, and MeshEd.

Aliya grew up in Potomac, MD and was ten year girl at The Holton-Arms School. She currently lives in Manhattan with her family.