About
James Cretella is an attorney and partner at Blank Rome, a national full-service law firm. He has practiced law for more than 21 years, beginning his legal career after graduating cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2004. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Villanova University in 2001. He represents banks, private lenders, commercial finance companies, and factors in negotiating and documenting secured finance transactions. He supports lenders of different sizes and guides them through all phases of a deal. His work includes asset-based and cash flow facilities, hybrid financing structures, receivables finance and factoring, notification and non-notification models, actual sale and participation structures, and lender finance matters from both sides.