EDIT

	 protected static String fWs = "\\s*";

	 protected static String oWs = "\\s+";

	 protected static String finalTeamSplitter = "(" + fWs + "(&)" + fWs + "|" + oWs + "et" + oWs + ")";

	protected static String notFinalTeamSplitter = "((?:" + fWs + "," + fWs + ")(?!([A-Z][\\.]))"+"|" + finalTeamSplitter + ")";

	protected static String test = "(,\\s(?![A-Z][.|\\s|$]))|" + finalTeamSplitter ;

    /**

     * @param refAuthor

     * @return

     */

    public static TeamOrPersonBase<?> parseNomAuthorString(String refAuthor) {

        TeamOrPersonBase<?> author = null;

        //possible strings: Lastname, A., Lastname B. & Lastname C.

        //Lastname A, Lastname B & Lastname

        //Lastname A Lastname B & Lastname C

        String[] teamMembers = refAuthor.split(test);

        String lastMember;

        Person teamMember;

        author = Team.NewInstance();

        if (teamMembers.length>1){

            for(String member:teamMembers){

                if (!member.trim().equals("")){

                    teamMember = Person.NewInstance();

                    teamMember.setTitleCache(member, true);

                   ((Team)author).addTeamMember(teamMember);

                }

            }

        }else{

            author = Person.NewInstance();

            author.setTitleCache(refAuthor, true);

        }

        author.getTitleCache();

        return author;

    }