ShareVault is a virtual data room provider founded in 2003, headquartered in Los Gatos, CA. The platform is used for secure document sharing during M&A due diligence, capital raises, litigation document exchange, and other transactions requiring controlled access to confidential materials. It serves law firms, in-house counsel, and corporate deal teams with granular permission controls, audit trails, and document analytics. FDIC has used ShareVault for its VDR process in bank marketing and resolution activities. The company partners with AM&AA (Alliance of M&A Advisors) and Finalis for middle-market deal execution.
Company Info
- Founded: 2003
- Team size: 11-50 employees
- HQ: United States
- Sector: Document Management & Storage, M&A
What We Haven’t Verified
This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.
Workflows
Based on practitioner evidence, Sharevault is used in these workflows:
What practitioners struggle with
Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Sharevault addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.
Mid-market M&A deal requires a data room to share 3,000 documents with counterparty counsel, but the incumbent VDR providers want $2,000/month minimum with a 12-month commitment — for a deal that closes in 8 weeks
Law firm handling a cross-border transaction needs to share confidential documents with counterparty counsel in three jurisdictions, but can't confirm where the VDR stores data or whether it meets GDPR/local data residency requirements — so they're stuck arguing with their own IT team about whether they can even use the tool
Where it fits in your workflow
Before Sharevault
Deal origination and term sheet negotiation trigger VDR setup. Corporate teams identify documents for disclosure; counsel prepares disclosure schedules that determine VDR structure. In litigation, VDR setup follows protective order negotiation for sharing privileged/confidential documents with expert witnesses.
After Sharevault
Post-deal closing binders, permanent document archival, regulatory filing submissions. VDR analytics (who viewed what, time spent per document) inform negotiation strategy during due diligence. Signed documents flow to entity management or CLM systems post-closing.
Integrations & hand-offs
Documents flow from DMS (iManage, NetDocuments) into VDR for external sharing — though no confirmed DMS integration exists for ShareVault. VDR access logs feed into deal management dashboards. E-signature tools (DocuSign) used for execution within or alongside the VDR.
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