Solicitamos copia simple sin perjuicio de pedir copia autorizada.

Yes. Solicitamos is the 1st person plural present of solicitar.

In legal and administrative Spanish, solicitamos often means something like:

• we request
• we hereby request
• we are requesting

Even if one person is involved, legal writing may use we because:

• a lawyer is speaking on behalf of a client,
• a firm or office is speaking collectively,
• formal written Spanish often prefers this style.

So this is a very standard formal/legal verb choice.

In formal legal or administrative Spanish, articles are often omitted when the text is listing or requesting documents in a concise way.

So:

• Solicitamos copia simple

  sounds natural in legal writing.

In less formal or more neutral Spanish, you could absolutely say:

• Solicitamos una copia simple
• Pedimos una copia simple

The version without una feels more formulaic and official.

In legal Spanish, copia simple is not just any simple copy in the everyday sense. It is a set legal expression.

Usually it means a non-certified copy of a document, especially in notarial or registry contexts. It is different from a copy that has official evidentiary status.

So for a learner, it is best to treat copia simple as a fixed legal term rather than translating word by word too literally.

Sin perjuicio de is a very common formal/legal expression. Grammatically, it is a fixed phrase followed by de + infinitive or de + noun.

Its basic function is:

• without affecting
• without prejudice to
• without preventing
• without giving up the right to

In this sentence, it means that the request for a copia simple does not stop the speaker from later requesting a copia autorizada as well.

This is a highly formal phrase. In everyday Spanish, people would usually say something simpler.

Because after the preposition de, Spanish normally uses the infinitive, not a conjugated verb.

So:

• sin perjuicio de pedir... = correct
• sin perjuicio de pedimos... = incorrect

This is the same basic pattern as in:

• antes de salir
• después de comer
• sin dejar de hablar

Here, pedir works like requesting in English after a preposition.

They are very similar, but not identical in tone.

• solicitar = more formal, more administrative, more legal
• pedir = more general, more common, sometimes less formal

In this sentence:

• Solicitamos copia simple... sounds appropriately formal for the main request.
• ...sin perjuicio de pedir copia autorizada uses pedir in a set legal structure where it sounds perfectly natural.

So yes, both relate to requesting, but solicitar is the more elevated/formal choice.

Copia autorizada is another fixed legal term. In Spain, especially in notarial contexts, it usually means an officially certified or authorised copy issued with legal validity.

So the contrast is:

• copia simple = ordinary/non-certified copy
• copia autorizada = official/certified copy with legal force

This distinction is very important in legal Spanish, and the exact practical value depends on the kind of document involved.

Because in Spanish, adjectives often come after the noun, especially when they classify the noun rather than add emotion or emphasis.

Here:

• copia simple
• copia autorizada

are not just descriptive phrases; they are almost technical categories. That makes post-noun adjective placement especially natural.

So this is exactly what you would expect in formal Spanish.

Not really. This is very clearly legal/administrative Spanish.

A normal spoken version would be much simpler, for example:

• Queremos una copia simple, sin renunciar a pedir después una copia autorizada.
• Pedimos una copia simple, pero puede que luego pidamos una autorizada.

The original sentence is the kind of thing you might see in:

• legal filings,
• notarial requests,
• formal letters,
• administrative documents.

Yes, but it remains quite formal. It is common in legal, bureaucratic, and institutional writing.

Examples:

• Sin perjuicio de lo anterior...
• Sin perjuicio de sus derechos...
• Sin perjuicio de presentar alegaciones más adelante...

A good way to understand it is as a phrase that protects or preserves a right, option, or later action.

In plain English-style terms, it often means:

• without waiving
• without affecting
• without ruling out

Exactly. Spanish often leaves out the subject pronoun because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• Solicitamos already tells you the subject is we
• so Nosotros solicitamos is usually unnecessary

In legal writing, omitting the pronoun is completely normal and sounds more natural than stating it.

Yes, that would also be grammatical and natural in formal Spanish.

A few possible variants are:

• Solicitamos copia simple sin perjuicio de pedir copia autorizada.
• Solicitamos una copia simple, sin perjuicio de solicitar copia autorizada.
• Solicitamos copia simple, sin perjuicio de interesar posteriormente copia autorizada.

The original version is concise and very idiomatic for legal style. Other versions may sound slightly more explicit or even more formal, but the structure remains the same.