Software intelligence company Dynatrace (NYSE: DT) today announced the closing of a new $400 million, five-year senior secured revolving credit facility through a syndicate of banks led by BMO Harris Bank N.A., with Dynatrace LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dynatrace, Inc., as borrower. This new facility, entered into on December 2, 2022, replaces a $60 million revolving credit facility, which was set to mature on August 23, 2023.

In March, Otterbourg P.C. announced that James M. Cretella was named Chair of the firm’s Alternative and Specialty Finance Practice Group. A member of the firm’s Finance Department, Cretella represents lenders, factoring companies and other finance companies, as well as borrowers, in a variety of transactions.

Cretella has practiced at Otterbourg for his entire career and his experience encompasses financial transactions across a broad range of industries, including staffing, technology, transportation, oil and gas, and government contracting. His areas of focus include asset-based lending, supply chain finance, trade finance and specialty finance. He often acts as “outside in-house counsel” to finance companies and specialty lenders.

Cretella is a 2016 winner of the Secured Finance Network’s 40 Under 40 Awards.

Here he discusses his role and how the industry has evolved since he started.