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By David Tweed and Bruce Einhorn

April 12, 2018 at 10:48 AM UTC

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April 13, 2018 at 4:25 AM UTC

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More than a dozen large banks and law firms from the U.S., Europe and Asia are joining forces on behalf of a British lesbian in a landmark case for LGBT rights in Hong Kong.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG and Nomura Holdings Inc. are among 15 financial institutions that have filed an application to intervene in the case of a woman -- named in court documents as QT -- who sued after the government rejected her application to reside in Hong Kong as a dependent of her same-sex partner.