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.. <br />2. In Utah, numerous large Chapter 11 reorganizations <br />involving corporate affiliates have been undertaken 'by a single <br />law firm (or firms where both local Utah counsel and a firm <br />outside Utah were employed) representing all of the debtors.Z <br />3. This practice is based upon a sound interpretation <br />of the Bankruptcy Code as well as considerations of practical <br />economy: "The willingness of the courts to permit multi-debtor <br />representation, subject to the factual circumstances presented in <br />a particular case, demonstrates a recognition of modern business <br />organizations." 2 Collier on Bankruptcy y 327.03 at 327-37 to <br />327-38 (15th ed. 1990). ,~p,,.g ggneraiiv, 2 Collier on Bankruptcy 4 <br />327.03 at 327-33, ("The case law suggests that, rather than <br />disapproving of multi-debtor representation as a Der ~e conflict, <br />(...continued) <br />427 F.2d 186, 187 (2d Cir. 1970) (single trustee appointed for <br />corporation and three wholly-owned subsidiaries in failed Chapter <br />XI cases; existence of intercompany debts insufficient "to saddle <br />these estates with the expense of separate trustees and trustees' <br />attorneys at the present time"); In re OPM Leasino Services, 16 <br />Bankr. 932 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1982) (intercompany claims between <br />parent and subsidiary corporations did not prevent one person <br />from serving as trustee for both). <br />= In the cases of Terraeor and its ten subsidiaries the <br />debtors were jointly reprssented by the law firms of Fabian i <br />Clendenin, Butler Fitzgerald i Potter and Sidley i 1-ustin. In <br />the cases of Ruti-Sweetwater. inc., and its seven affiliates the <br />debtors were jointly represented by the law firms of LeBoeuf, <br />Lamb, Leiby i MacRae and Sidley i Jlustin. In the cases of <br />l~meriean-Strevell. inc., and its two wholly-owned subsidiaries <br />the debtors were represented jointly by the law firms of Van <br />Cott, Bagley, Cornwall i McCarthy and Gendel, Raskoff, Shapiro <br />and Quittner. In the cases o! Triad ]-merica Corporation and its <br />several affiliates whose title 11 eases were administered in <br />Utah, a single trustee was appointed and vas represented by the <br />law lirm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall i McCarthy. In the cases <br />o! TS Industries. inc., and its two subsidiaries, the debtors <br />have been jointly represented Dy the law firm of Nielsen i <br />Senior. <br />E <br />