Sophie R. Bellacosa

Sophie R. Bellacosa is a senior associate in the corporate group at Duffy & Sweeney, a division of Stevens & Lee, in Rhode Island. Her business law practice focuses on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, recapitalizations, and corporate governance. She advises privately held companies and their stakeholders on transactions that shape ownership, financing, and business operations. Her experience includes both domestic deals and transactions involving parties across national borders.

Sophie received a B.S. from Roger Williams University and later earned her J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law. She was inducted into her undergraduate university’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017. Her legal education included scholarly writing on a Rhode Island condominium dispute involving property rights. Her training in legal research and drafting supports her work with transaction documents, corporate structures, and commercial agreements.

Sophie has worked on corporate transactions for companies in biotechnology, seafood, manufacturing, aerospace and defense, cannabis, and renewable energy. She advises businesses on changes in ownership, company reorganizations, and recapitalization plans. She also counsels privately held businesses on governance and other corporate concerns beyond a single transaction. Her practice brings together business planning, due diligence, negotiated terms, and the documentation required to implement complex deals.

Sophie R. Bellacosa was recognized in the 2025 Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list for closely held companies and family business law and has received Super Lawyers Rising Stars recognition for business and corporate law since 2022. She serves on the board of the Community Boating Center and previously served on a committee of the Rhode Island Society of CPAs. Her practice supports businesses making consequential ownership and governance decisions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Duffy & Sweeney, A Division of Stevens & Lee
• Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Board Member, Community Boating Center
• Young Professionals Committee, Former Board Member, Rhode Island Society of CPAs

Licensed State

• Rhode Island
• Massachusetts

Education

• Roger Williams University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Roger Williams University
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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