CMS Rodríguez-Azuero

Henry is a Partner at the Firm and co-leads the Dispute Resolution practice.

Partner

Henry Sanabria is a Partner and co-head of the Dispute Resolution practice. He has over 25 years of experience advising national and international clients in complex litigation before civil and administrative courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings involving disputes arising from contractual relationships between private parties and state entities.

His practice is particularly focused on high-stakes disputes, combining strong procedural expertise with strategic advisory in contentious matters.

Henry holds a law degree from Universidad Externado de Colombia, where he also obtained a specialisation in Civil Procedural Law and a master’s degree in Civil Liability. He is currently a tenured professor of General Civil Procedural Law.

He has played a significant role in the development of procedural law in Colombia, having been a member of the Advisory and Review Commission for the General Procedural Code, created by the National Government. He is also a member of the Colombian Institute of Procedural Law.

Henry is listed as an arbitrator and secretary at the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce and is the author of several publications, including General Civil Procedural Law (2021), Nullities in the Civil Process (2005), and Procedural Configuration of the Tutela Action (2000).

Spanish

Corresponding Member of the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence in the Universidad Externado de Colombia. Member of the List of Arbitrators of the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Medellín Chamber of Commerce. Member of the List of Arbitrators of the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Cali Chamber of Commerce. Member of the List of Arbitrators of the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bucaramanga Chamber of Commerce. Member of the Review Commission of the Bill that adopted the General Code of Procedure (Law 1564 of 2012), created by the National Government through Resolution No. 0023 of January 17, 2021, of the Ministry of Justice. Member of the Board of Directors of the Colombian Institute of Procedural Law. Member of the Colombian Arbitration

2006. Master in Contractual and Tort - Civil and State Liability, Civil y del Estado. 2000. Specialization in Civil Procedural Law - Universidad Externado de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia 1997. Lawyer - Universidad Externado de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia