In July we revealed that 4 New Square had rejected Henry Mostyn for tenancy following his arrest with cocaine and ecstasy while queuing outside a Shoreditch nightclub.
What was next for the Eton and Oxford-educated son of High Court judge Sir Nicholas Mostyn QC, we wondered?
Would a caution for possessing drugs mean an end to his legal career?
Well, the good news for Mostyn is that top US firm Cleary Gottlieb has decided to give the kid a second chance...
After a period killing time following 4 New Square's decision to let him go, Mostyn is understood to have joined Cleary's Brussels office at the end of last year. He will focus on competition law in his new associate role, practising as a barrister rather than a solicitor.
Salaries for newly qualified associates at Cleary are a whopping £95,000.
The move may represent a slight step down from the pinnacle of the commercial Bar, but it's a way better outcome than Mostyn's brief, Richard Todd QC, dared hope for in May when he stated at his Bar Standards Board (BSB) disciplinary hearing that "Mr Mostyn wants to work in commercial work and it may well be he’ll have to forget about that."