Robert Ribeiro

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Robert Ribeiro (李義法官) (born 1949) is a judge in Hong Kong, and honorary lecturer in law at the University of Hong Kong.

Born Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, he received his elementary and secondary education in Hong Kong. He studied in La Salle College.

Upon graduating with honors from the London School of Economics (LL.B. 1971, LL.M. 1972), Ribeiro returned to Hong Kong, and joined the faculty of law of the University of Hong Kong as a lecturer in 1972.

After seven years of academic life, Ribeiro entered into private practice in 1979, and quickly established himself as an expert in admiralty and maritime law. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1990.

In 1997, Tung Chee-Hwa, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, appointed Ribeiro a Recorder (i.e. part-time judge) of the High Court of Hong Kong. Ribeiro quickly rose through the ranks, and was promoted a full Judge of that Court in 1999, a Justice of Appeal in 2000, and a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal the same year.