Institutional advisory, built for the owner's side of the table.
Dillon Park Partners was founded to give middle-market business owners and independent sponsors the same caliber of M&A, capital, and financial expertise that institutional investors deploy every day.
Zach Rubenbauer — Founder & Managing Partner
I spent over eight years in investment banking and private equity, where I completed more than 20 transactions totaling over $1.7 billion in deal value — advising on sell-side processes, evaluating acquisitions, and sitting in the rooms where middle-market businesses are bought, financed, and sold.
Across those years I met and worked alongside countless business owners with many focused on growing and weighing a potential exit of the business they had spent years building. Over the years, I kept noticing the same thing: I was on the institutional side of the table, working for the buyer's or the firm's interests, while the person who had built the business navigated one of the most consequential decisions of their life.
I wanted to be on their side of that table instead. I built Dillon Park Partners to be a genuine advocate for business owners and independent sponsors and bring the same institutional-grade M&A advisory, capital placement, diligence, and financial discipline I practiced across the table, now working entirely for them.
Experience earned across banking and private equity.
Most advisors are generalists.
We understand how your business and its capital actually work.
Both sides of the deal
We've evaluated, priced, and pursued businesses as the buyer. We bring that exact lens to every owner we represent and transaction we work on by anticipating questions before they're asked.
Fluent in how your business works
Recurring vs. one-time revenue, contract backlog, margin and unit economics, capital needs, and the operating rhythms specific to your industry.
One advisor, end to end
From ongoing financial leadership to a capital raise to a full exit, the same team that knows your numbers carries you through the transaction.
Middle-market owners, sponsors, and operators.
We work with middle-market business owners and independent sponsors across specialty trade contracting, funeral homes, business services, and commercial real estate that are generating $2M–$50M+ in revenue who want a true advocate at the table, whether planning to grow, raise capital, bring in a partner, or eventually sell.