Angel Investment & Strategic Consulting Group
ABOUT THE GROUP
The Navillus Group is an angel investment and strategic consulting group through which attorney and entrepreneur Bryan Sullivan operates.
Bryan has been practicing law for more than 20 years and has represented some of the biggest names in entertainment and business in a variety of industries and myriad legal issues. This broad ranging experience has given Bryan a unique perspective that he utilizes in his legal practice as a founding partner of Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP, in evaluating his own angel investments, and as a non-legal consultant to various businesses on a variety of issues, including corporate structuring and fundraising.
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In all aspects of business or law, Bryan’s goal is to obtain a net gain by balancing specific, imminent business and legal needs with overarching corporate goals. Whether it is legal issue or business issues, Bryan implements effective, creative strategies by drawing upon his wide range of business experience and legal expertise, which gives him a unique appreciation of the importance of harmonizing the many varying, and sometimes competing, demands that exist in today’s fast-paced, ever-changing business world.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Bryan has been named in:
- The Best Lawyers in America© each year since 2017 for Commercial Transactions / UCC Law and each year since 2018 for Entertainment Law.
- “Top 20 Attorneys Under 40 in California” by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal in 2015.
- "Top 100 Attorneys under 40 in the United States" by national legal publication Law360 in 2013.
- “Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters and Los Angeles Magazine from 2008-2014.
- “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters and Los Angeles Magazine from 2015-2020.
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Also, Bryan is well-known in the community for his non-profit activism and work on political campaigns. He is involved as an officer or director of several non-profit groups, including Basta, Inc., a tenants’ rights group; I Vote, Inc., a youth voter engagement group; and the Lion Fund For Children, a group that helps victims of sex abuse. In 2012, the Liberty Hill Foundation honored Bryan with its 2012 NextGen Leadership Award at its annual ChangeLA Event at the W Hotel Hollywood recognizing Bryan’s dedication to non-profit work and political activism.
In addition, in April of 2014, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed Bryan to the City of Los Angeles’ Affordable Housing Commission where Bryan served until March 2015 when he resigned to join Mayor Garcetti’s reelection campaign. Further, Bryan has been actively involved in numerous other progressive and social justice issues.
EDUCATION
Bryan received his law degree in 2000 from Boston College Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997 in Political Science, History and International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University, where he graduated summa cum laude with honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
INVESTMENTS
Investments
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Be More Chill—Musical in London’s West End Theater District
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Bitpesa (https://www.bitpesa.co/)
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Bytelight, Inc. (acquired by Acuity Brands www.acuitybrands.com)
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Cenergy Power (http://www.cenergypower.com/)
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Crowdfunder (https://www.crowdfunder.com/)
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Justin Queso (https://www.justinquesos.com/)
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Moulin Rouge: The Musical (https://moulinrougemusical.com/new-york/home/)
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Saucy Brew Works (https://www.saucybrewworks.com/)
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Synergy Fuels (https://www.synergyfuels.com/)
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Tapville (https://www.tapvillefranchising.com/)
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Wheels, Inc. (https://takewheels.com/)
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Yao Family Wines (https://yaofamilywines.com/)
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Yuenglings Ice Cream (https://yuenglingsicecream.com/)
STRATEGIC CONSULTING
Business decisions should never be made in isolation or from emotion. Whatever the issue, Bryan Sullivan can provide sound analytical advice to help companies or business executives navigate through the most troubled waters to give you and/or your company the competitive edge needed to succeed.
Navillus Group does not engage in legal work of any kind. For legal work or legal consulting, contact Bryan at his law firm of Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP.