Stephen Merkel

Stephen M.
Merkel currently serves as Chairman, Chief Legal Officer & Executive VP at Newmark Group, Inc. since 2025; Chairman, EVP & General Counsel at BGC Group, Inc. since 2025; Director at GFI Group, Inc. since 2015; Director at Freedom International Brokerage Co.; Executive Managing Director & General Counsel at Cantor Fitzgerald LP since 1993; Director & Member at The Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association; Director at Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp.; Director at Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp.; Secretary, Chief Legal Officer & Executive VP at Cantor G&W LP since 2004; Executive Vice President & General Counsel at BGC Partners, Inc. since 2019; Secretary at FMX Futures Exchange LP; and Member-Supervisory Board at ELX Futures LP.
Former roles include Secretary, Director, Senior VP & General Counsel at eSpeed, Inc. from 1999 to 2008; Secretary, General Counsel & Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.; Director at Cantor Index Ltd. from 1998 to 2017; Vice President & Assistant General Counsel at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC from 1990 to 1993; Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP from 1985 to 1990; Secretary, Executive VP & General Counsel at CF Finance Acquisition Corp.
from 2015 to 2020; and General Counsel at Cantor Entertainment Technology, Inc. in 2011.
Education includes undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and graduate studies at The University of Michigan Law School.