Executive Managing Director, General Counsel, Secretary and Director

Stephen Merkel is Executive Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary of Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. He joined the firm in 1993 and oversees all legal, compliance, risk management, credit and internal audit functions for the firm. He is also Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of BGC Partners Inc. and, until its merger with BGC, was Director of eSpeed. Prior to this he was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of eSpeed from June 1999.

Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald, Mr. Merkel was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Goldman Sachs & Co., dedicated to the J. Aron Division. He began his career at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison.

Mr. Merkel graduated with a B.A. Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received his law degree from the University of Michigan School of Law.