Marlin Equity Partners, a 16-year-old private equity firm with more than $7.6 billion in capital under management, has elevated in-house lawyer Az Virji to general counsel, Virji announced in a LinkedIn post Thursday evening.

Virji steps this month into the role vacated by general counsel Robert Kunold Jr., who has worked with Marlin Equity Partners since 2013 and is retiring from the company.