Aaron Alter is a senior strategic advisor at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he collaborates with firm management on strategic matters, with a particular focus on the firm’s Corporate Department. He also works with partners on business planning, client interviews, partner-level recruiting, and other firm initiatives.

Before rejoining the firm in 2025, Aaron served as executive vice president, chief legal officer, and corporate secretary at Hawaiian Airlines from 2016 to 2024, during which he oversaw all legal, regulatory, and corporate governance matters. He left the role in late 2024, following the company’s $1.9 billion sale to Alaska Airlines.

Until 2016, Aaron was a partner at Wilson Sonsini, focusing his practice on corporate-related matters, advising clients on a broad range of corporate transactions, including IPOs, mergers, capital markets transactions, and corporate governance. Aaron originally joined Wilson Sonsini as an associate in 1990.