Two partners from Shearman & Sterling and a group from Wigdor LLP have joined a pro bono effort to help officials in Kenya prosecute poachers more effectively.
Shearman & Sterling partners Beau Buffier and Heather Kafele and name partner Douglas Wigdor, senior associate Renan Varghese and associate Elizabeth Chen from Wigdor LLP spent five days in June training Kenya Wildlife Service officers in aspects of the law to enforce the 2013 Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, which provides stricter financial and criminal penalties for poachers, including potential life imprisonment and a $200,000 fine.
