For sell-side advisors and investment bankers

The work that decides the deal happens before the room opens

Positioning Playbook to qualify clients M&A

How the best advisors qualify the client, position the story, and choose the right process design, before buyer outreach ever begins.

Value Proposition

Every sell-side process is shaped by three decisions made before a buyer ever sees the deal: who you take on as a client, how you position the story, and which process design you choose. Get these right and the room runs itself. Get them wrong and no amount of structure in diligence fixes it.

The Positioning Playbook is a practical guide for advisors who want to make these decisions deliberately, not reactively.

  • A qualifying framework to assess client readiness before signing

  • A narrative-building approach used before the CIM is drafted

  • A clear comparison of structured, targeted, and negotiated process design

  • Illustrative scenarios showing how the three decisions play out together

  • A pre-engagement checklist to run before buyer outreach begins

Featured Quote

“I absolutely could not properly support my sell-side clients without ShareVault.”

David Duval,
Principal, Claiborne Advisors, Inc.

Already running a live process?

The Investment Banker’s Deal Room Blueprint covers what happens once the room opens, from outreach through final bids.

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Building your document checklist?

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