Bound Partners • Boutique Executive Search Firm in Paris

Boutique Executive
Search Firm
based in Paris

Boutique

Bound Partners’ Expertise

BOUND Partners is a boutique Executive Search firm based in Paris.

The firm assists its clients in identifying, selecting and recruiting high potential profiles:

Partners and counsels of leading French or international law firms, whether full service or niche boutique firms – either on an individual basis or together with their team;
Legal, tax, financial and M&A executives of large corporations, as well as high-growth and private equity-backed companies.

BOUND Partners is a strategic partner for its clients – we help shape, build and retain their executive team.

The partners of BOUND Partners, Judith PATRON and Florence ROPION, both lawyers by training, have a strong international background. They have over ten years’ experience in recruiting and are recognised players in the Paris market.

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History

How BOUND Partners Came About

Judith PATRON and Florence ROPION met at the early stages of their careers in recruiting. Their collaboration brought about a very strong professional bind and determined their will to combine their talent and shared belief in a firm model that would be nimble, non-conflicted and focused on excellence.

BOUND Partners was born.

Meet the partners

Distinctive Approach

BOUND Partners: A Distinctive Approach

BOUND Partners offers a unique combination of professional experience within a boutique-size structure:

assignments are executed through our two-person team, to provide the highest level of service to our clients and candidates, offering increased responsiveness and a broader reach;
we combine and leverage our professional networks, for an immediate added value to clients;
we are committed to the highest professional and ethical standards, in order to build long-standing client relationships based on trust and integrity: strict compliance with off-limit boundaries, preservation of the best interest of clients and candidates, absolute confidentiality;
we provide a personal, discreet and close-up attention to the needs and particulars of clients and candidates – we follow up in the long run, beyond the recruitment stage;
we believe in a collaborative and in-depth partnership with clients and candidates, to find the right match between clients – and their distinctive corporate culture – and the professional aspiration of candidates.

Beyond our track record and knowledge of the market: our values and commitment make BOUND Partners the ideal partner for the most demanding clients and candidates.

Partners

Judith
patron

Judith drew from her early years in Toronto and her family's international roots, a great openness of mind and a global perspective as well as a strong command of the English language.
She interned in various leading law firms in Paris, gained qualification as a French lawyer (“CAPA”), and finally decided to choose a different career path.

Attracted by the entrepreneurial world, she ventured into brand licensing and the distribution of optical wear and sunglasses. That experience enabled her to leverage her legal training and develop HR, sales and marketing skills. She opened a distribution subsidiary in the United States where she set up and managed the entire structure. She travelled across North and Latin America to set up and develop operations.

Back in France, she decided to explore the world of head hunting. Her taste for challenge and interaction encouraged her to seize this opportunity, which was the start of an entirely new professional path.

After six rewarding years in a recruiting firm listed on the London Stock Exchange, where she specialized in the legal market and met Florence, she joined a renowned Executive Search firm. In this new venture, she worked with Diane Segalen for a broad range of clients in the financial sector: investment funds, private equity-backed companies and listed companies. However, Judith missed the entrepreneurial dimension in her work and decided to launch BOUND Partners.

Curious and committed, Judith is involved in humanitarian aid in Madagascar with a non-profit organisation, and is a volunteer at the Péniche du Cœur and Les Rois du Monde. She also enjoys modern and contemporary art as well as solo backpacking trips. Her new fad? Cryptocurrencies.

Florence
Ropion

Thanks to her family background, Florence developed early on a keen interest for the artistic world. This led her to specialize in intellectual property during her legal studies. Having graduated from King’s College in London with an LL.M. and qualified as a French lawyer, Florence practiced as an avocat during five years in leading French and international business law firms in Paris.

While she enjoyed the dedication and professionalism that define these firms, she nevertheless aspired to operate in an environment that would combine these features with her own aspirations. Hence her decision to join an Executive Search firm.

Ever since her very first steps working in an international recruiting firm listed on the London stock exchange, Florence has thrived in this new world. Over the course of ten years, she became the leader of the "Private Practice" and the "Investment banking" teams of the firm. She is now recognized by her peers and clients as a key figure in the specialist recruiting market in Paris.

Dedicated, instinctive and always eager to learn, Florence has just obtained her pilot's license for ultralight aircrafts: she likes to gain perspective and see further out. She devotes her energy and drive to her clients, with whom she builds long-standing relationships. In this same spirit, she joined forces with Judith to bring BOUND Partners to the next level.

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