LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms firmTelefonica has lined up nine banks to run its 3billion-euro ($3.2 billion) capital increase in connection withits purchase of Vivendi's Brazilian unit GVT, a sourcefamiliar with the matter said on Thursday.
UBS, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan will lead the deal, which could be announced as soon as nextweek, the source said.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays and HSBC are also running the deal, as well as domestic banksBBVA, CaixaBank and Santander, thesource added.
The banks either declined to comment or were not immediatelyavailable to comment. (Reporting By Freya Berry; additional reporting by Sarah Whiteand Jesus Aguado in Madrid; editing by Anjuli Davies)