UPDATE 1-KPMG to represent Dubai's creditor banks -paper

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* KPMG declines comment (Adds KPMG declined to comment)

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Banks who lent over $30 billion to Dubai World, the debt-laden state investment group, plan to appoint auditors KPMG to represent them in talks over recovering their money, the Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.

The banks include HSBC, Britain's biggest bank, as well as Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, and Standard Chartered, the paper said without citing sources.

KPMG will be formally appointed once the creditor banks have created a steering committee comprising five or six of the main lenders to lead the negotiations, it added.

KPMG declined to comment.

Dubai said last week that it would delay payment on debt issued by Dubai World and property developer Nakheel, igniting fears over sovereign debt defaults and sending global markets sharply lower.

Dubai World and Nakheel have oustanding debt of $59 billion. (Reporting by Myles Neligan; Editing by Mike Nesbit) ((myles.neligan@reuters.com; +44 207 542 13 73))

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