Emmanuel RAVANAS began his career as an assistant notary within his family firm in Southern France at Mallemort (Bouches-du-Rhône)

​At the same time, in a desire to play a more active role in the defense of his clients, he set his sight on a career in law.  

​He began his law practice in 2006 as an attorney in the Parisian Real Estate Legal Department of the firm LINKLATERS.

​Elected First Secretary of the Seminar Conference in 2010, he had to insure the urgent criminal defense of many persons. He was at the root of the “Question Prioritaire de Constitutionnalité” (The Constitutional Right of Representation Question) voted on July 30th, 2010 (Ruling number2010-14/22) which enabled the legislative reform requiring the presence of an attorney in instances of police custody.

This experience led him to go his separate way in 2011 to create Ravanas Attorneys.

​Given his expertise in notarial cases and his knowledge in the field of civil as well as criminal law, he focused his firm’s specialty on the very specific area of inheritance litigation. This led him to intervene in all matters linked to notarial laws.

​Emmanuel teaches Law as it applies to marital planning and Inheritance in a specialty concentration for Masters in “International Wealth Management” at ESCP Europe, as well as Notarial Law, at Paris II University.

He regularly offers courses at the Quebec Formative School for the Bar to attorneys in training. Emmanuel is a licensed attorney in Quebec since 2016. 

In addition to his career as a lawyer, Emmanuel Ravanas is involved in various compassionate projects. For instance, he and some friends started the association “Reach Out” www.tendrelamain.org).

This association undertakes various projects in Madagascar with the aim of improving the living conditions of local village populations. These efforts mainly involve the creation of schools, health clinics, sanitary water networks, and sports facilities (video created for the association’s 20th anniversary in 2018)

Emmanuel Ravanas had served since June 2019 as the president of Emmaüs Défi, a branch of Emmaüs that seeks solutions to combat social exclusion. The organization offers employees in integration programs various jobs as well as comprehensive, personalized support. His term ended in June 2024 upon completion of the statutory duration.