Our Team

CLIVE WEBSTER

CLIVE WEBSTER

Webster Asesores is a tax consultancy and legal firm, established in Javea since 1993. It’s founder, Clive Webster, moved to Spain with his parents as a five-year-old back in 1966. He’s a Spanish national, and feels like a tourist when he visits the UK, yet in some quarters, he’s still called a ‘guiri,’ affectionately. The term is usually used about people who are obviously not Spanish, and it can still apply for several generations, as Clive and his brother found out!

The family may have been in Spain for more than 50 years, but when Clive and his brother were chatting away in Valenciano – which is their first language – an amused onlooker said:

‘I’ve seen it all now – two guiris speaking Valenciano!’

Clive certainly has an advantage over many of the firms who cater to the legal and financial requirements of British expats, because he’s lived with Spanish bureaucracy all his life, although he finds it just as frustrating to deal with on occasions as the rest of us. He’s a tax consultant with extensive training and experience in the field, but he can’t understand why everything has to be so difficult. He explained:

‘As soon as you think you’ve learned everything about the Spanish tax system, they change something, and you have to start again. That’s why I feel lawyers don’t make good tax advisers. They haven’t got the knowledge of taxation and the specialised training to navigate the system. Complying with the paperwork requirements is challenging at the best of times. The phrase I hear most from officials is “Falta un papel,” which translates as “There’s a piece of paper missing!”

Clive has had to miss a morning’s work to chase down one piece of paper for a client on more than one occasion, but he’s sanguine about the whole thing, because he knows he’s helped someone through a situation they may find intimidating. It’s all part of the personal service that Webster Asesores are so well known for.

JUAN POCH

JUAN POCH

Juan was already passionate about law from an early age and he ended up studying law in Barcelona with a mention in criminal law. Juan wanted to specialized and he deepened his studies in the city of Madrid where in addition to this he did an internship at a prestigious law firm. During all his years of studies he pursued a career the loves and gained the knowledge and confidence to become the professional he is today, a government legal aid attorney specializing in criminal and family law. Furthermore, Juan holds the following diplomas; Insurance Law, Juvenile Law and Gender Violence Law.

PEPA FERRANDO

PEPA FERRANDO

Pepa has worked at Webster Asesores since 2012.

Together with colleague Nicole, she is a first point of contact team member, and will be able to give you general information or to arrange an appointment with one of our legal/tax specialists in English, Spanish and Valenciano and handles various administration tasks.

NICOLE SMOLDERS

NICOLE SMOLDERS

Nicole has worked at Webster Asesores since 2019.

Together with colleague Pepa, she is a first point of contact team member, and will be able to give you general information or to arrange an appointment with one of our legal/tax specialists in English, Spanish, Dutch and German. As part of Administration, Nicole is dedicated to the NIE/TIE/Residencia and Tax Department.

VICENTE RUFETE

VICENTE RUFETE

Vicente R. has a Business Sciences diploma in 20202 from the University of Valencia and an offical Master´s Degree in taxation in 2013 issued by the Udima (a distance university from Mardrid) and the CEF (Centre of Financial Studies.

He is an accountant, a tax advisor for both companies and individuals and a specialist in inheritances and real estate operations or conveyacing.

He works at Webster since 2003 and before that he worked for two years in the financial banking sector (before finishing his university studies he was already working in a bank) and was dedicated to advising clients on the sale of real estate. He also worked as the CFO of a company until he decided to travel to London to learn English. After this he started at Webster Asesores.

Vicente speaks Spanish and English

SERGIO BERNAL

SERGIO BERNAL

Sergio has worked at Webster Asesores since 2002.

He is an administrator, and in charge of all immigration related subjects, requests of NIE´s, residencias and Golden Visa. He also carries out all kinds of tax and social security procedures and attends his clients in both Spanish and English.

VICENTE ORTIZ

VICENTE ORTIZ

Vicente O. is a physical science graduate from the university of Valencia.

He is an expert in the Spanish General Accounting Plan and the Spanish Taxation System (VAT, Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Non-Resident taxation). He started his working life in 1982 as an Accounting and Tax Adviser in the firm “Sevilla y Hernández Asesores” untill he started working as Accounting and Tax Adviser in 1990 in the firm “Hernández Asesores SL”.

He speaks Spanish, Valenciano and English.