The restructuring of leading legal and compliance roles at Cryptocurrency exchange OKX continues with the company’s global lawyer, Melissa Muehlfeld.
Muehlfeld joined Okcoin, the US arm of OKX, back in May 2022 as a vice -generator. She was promoted to Global Attorney General in August 2024.
When OKX paid half a billion dollars to settle charges with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in February this year, the exchange has replaced some top legal and compliance staff, including Chief Legal Officer Mauricio Beugelans and Head of Compliance Vanessa Zhang.
OKX appointed the former superintendent and head of the New York Department of Financial Services (Nydfs), Linda Lacewell, as his head of legal officer (CLO) after Beugelmans’ departure.
It is said that Lacewell restructures the company’s legal and compliance departments, according to a source familiar with the situation.
“As a matter of business policy, we do not comment on all people who join and/or differ the company,” said an OKX spokesman via E email.
Muehlfeld did not respond to requests for comment.
